States’ Rights: It’s Too Late To Apologize

By Kleinheider Posted on November 2, 2009 at 9:44 am

Aunt B. on the concept of states’ rights:

And here’s the thing–it’s not redeemable. You’re never going to take “states’ rights” and redefine it into something that makes the position your ancestors took justifiable. But it’s okay. People in the past did shitty things. Just like people in the present are doing shitty things. Our kids and grandkids are going to look at how we are and roll their eyes that we were so stupid and blind about stuff that we cannot even begin to imagine is a problem.

That’s just life. You don’t get to descend from angels. None of us do.

But here’s the thing. At least the Confederates knew which way to aim their guns.

These states’ rights folks? Who knows what the fuck they want, because they don’t know what the fuck they want. I mean, really, less federal government interference? Come on, Tennessee Republicans, I love you but are you really going to let someone like Stacey Campfield decide whether food is safe enough to be sold in Tennessee? You really want Susan Lynn deciding when your unemployment ends?

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